Tuesday, September 16, 2014

John S. Knight
JSK, a colossus among giants

Bob Dyer wrote a fabulous tribute to John S. Knight, who took an in-debt Akron Beacon Journal in the depths of the Great Depression and forged a 33-newspaper Knight Newspaper empire.

The most common complaint about the BJ and newspapers today is that Jack Knight “would be spinning in his grave” over it.

Jack Knight was by far the greatest newspaper owner I worked for in my 43-year career that spanned the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, Williamson (WV) Daily News, Dayton Daily News, Nelson Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times and the BJ.

To read Bob’s article, click on

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